Way Up in the Sky

On Friday, July 9 Murphy Jo got to experience her first airplane ride!!!

We were going back and forth on buying her a seat or not and we decided it would be best to go ahead and buy her one. My mother in law already had a car seat so we didn't need to bring ours. So we bought this cool harness that straps around the seat of the plane! It is so cool! Not only does it keep her from kicking the seat in front of her, but it also gives her lots of room to move around! (And little did we know it would be her source of entertainment!- read down and you will understand what I am talking about)

Scott and I did lots of research weeks before we left on how to entertain a 15 month old! Scott had read something having "surprises" every so often! So I went and bought 3 new books, some white paper and crayons, and a new makers......

So there we were all loaded on the plane and it started to go down the runway........... then all of the sudden it stops and the pilot came on and said that they thought they were going to have 10 min delay but looks like now it is going to be an HOUR AND TEN MINS due to a storm up in Maryland! And there were no gates for us to go back to. Yep you read it right! I couldn't believe it, what in the world was I going to do with Murphy Jo for that long.....? So I unbuckled her and let her play around in her seat! And about 30 mins later the pilot came back on and said that everything was good and we were ready for take-off!!!! Murphy Jo cried for about 45 sec. when we were taking off and that was it the whole time!!!!!

Murphy Jo all buckled in ready for take-off
How cool!

This book was the best! It is actually one she got for her birthday from my sweet friend Meghan Ross and Murphy Jo LOVES this book! It is called "Ten Friendly Fireflies" and the book actually lights up! We read it over and over again! So at the last min I decided to throw it into the bag of goodies and I am so glad I did!!!

Scott and Haleigh

This was the entertainment for the ride! Murphy Jo played with her harness about 2/3 of the flight! The rest was spent reading books! She figured out how to buckle the harness!

Murphy Jo did awesome on the plane! We didn't give her any meds at all but did have them on stand by just in case she got really fussy! Everyone around us was so surprised how well she did! Scott and I were very proud of her!